Swiss Bitcoin Pay, a Bitcoin payment service provider, said a malicious user likely gained access to its internal systems, prompting the company to shut down its servers as a precaution while it investigates the incident and works to protect its infrastructure. The company said the information that may have been accessed includes customer email addresses, Bitcoin addresses and IBANs, transaction histories, and hashed passwords, though it remains unclear whether any other data was exposed. Swiss Bitcoin Pay said user funds are safe and that all amounts owed to users will be repaid in full. The company has not provided a date for reopening and said its team is moving as quickly as possible to complete security hardening before bringing services back online.
Swiss Bitcoin Pay, a Bitcoin payment service provider, said a malicious user likely obtained access to its internal systems.
As a precaution, the company has temporarily shut down its servers while it investigates the matter and protects its infrastructure. Swiss Bitcoin Pay said the information believed to have been potentially accessed includes customer email addresses, Bitcoin addresses and IBANs, transaction histories, and hashed passwords. It added that it is still unclear whether any other information was accessed.
The company said user funds are safe and that all amounts owed to users will be refunded in full. No reopening date has been announced. The team said it is working as quickly as possible to complete security hardening.
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